- Settlers of Orion Beta Testing Update - 6 November 2018
Hey all, I've had better than anticipated response to the beta testing for Settlers of Orion (SOO). But have decided to increase the number of beta testers. This means that All those who have already emailed me at [email protected] will be part of the beta testing! There is no need to email me back. I am currently working on the beta testing manual that will outline the beta testing, and also explains how to play the game. It's about 80% done and I expect to have it done in the next day or two. Once it's done I will be setting up SOO on steam and will do a bit of testing to make sure its all working correctly. Once that is done, I will make the testers manual (pdf) available to all the testers and will then close out accepting anymore testers. That means that there is still time to request to be a beta tester for SOO. I expect that by sometime next week I will stop accepting r…
- Looking For Beta Testers! - 30 October 2018
I am currently in the final stages of alpha testing on my next game, Settlers of Orion. It's basically a board tile type game similiar to Settlers of Catan but with a space theme. I should have the game up on steam in the next 30 days and I am looking for a handful of players to do some beta testing for me. I will mostly be looking for feedback on the game mechanics, and of course any bugs that may come up. Those that are selected will be allowed to keep their steam key for the game after it is released. If you are interested please email me at [email protected]. Put SOO beta testing in the subject line. If selected, you will be sent a steam key to the email address you contacted me with. Thanks in advance, Walter
- Patch Update Released - 29 October 2018
We just released patch 1.2.1.14. It fixed a bug where is certain situations would not allow players to attack the final enemies starbase even after defeating all the fleets in the star system. For those who ran into this issue and your currently saved last game was when you first encountered this issue, it will now allow you to attack the starbase. When you mouse over it, it will still show you that you still have fleets left to defeat. But if you target it and move your ship there, it should update those fleets as being defeated, allowing you to attack the starbase. However, if you left the star system and went into another one, and then viewed the star system view, when you go back into the original star system, you will have to defeat the enemy fleets again, as the info regarding the stat of the last galaxy you were in will have changed to the newer one. Thank you for your patience.
- Patch 1.1.2.13 released - 1 May 2018
This patch was mostly about balancing the resources found on planets. Prior to the patch, finding iron was very hard. And since it is the first metal that can be processed into repair armor, we made it MUCH more common to find. It can now be found on over half of the planets. You will only see the changes when starting a new game. Any saved game will have the older planet data. We also added a message when starting a new game using the Rogue Officers DLC that reminds players to upgrade their Transport Stat to increase the away team size, since entering your first star system always results in a 'Heavily Damaged Ship Encounter'. And this can be very difficult with an away team size of just 1.
- You can now View The SFARA Steam Leaderboard! - 19 April 2018
This latest patch (1.2.1.1.11) allows players to now see the top 10 Steam Scores for SFARA and also the scores around your score. This is done from the High Scores screen. When you are on the High Scores screen you will see three buttons at the top. The left one is to view your top 10 scores (the default), the middle is to view the Steam top 10 scores and the right one will show the 5 scores above yours and the 4 just below yours. Currently there are not a lot of scores in the high scores table. We have also pushed back to time table on the next three DLC content updates. To this point we have not received enough player created cave maps for the Rift Riders so it has been extended again until the end of May. We are still offering Steam Gift cards as outlined in the game, so please take some time to create some caves and email them to us. Perhaps your next steam game purchase will be on…
- Patch 1.2.1.10 is live. - 21 February 2018
Patch 1.2.1.10 This patch added some enhancements to the Officers DLC. There is now a GUI Icon over each discovered star system on the star map that lets you know if, you have a chance to find a heavily damaged ship, already found one, or must clear all hostiles before one will show up. Adjusted how officers decide to leave. Now only unassigned officers will leave, and it will always be the officer with the lowest loyalty. Each cycle (about 250 TU's), the game will check how many unassigned officers you have. If you have less than 10 unassigned officers, then none will leave. If you have 10 or more, then at least one will leave, and it can be as high as 4 depending of how many you have. The maximum number of total officers is still 100, but once you reach 100, then one will automatically leave making room for an additional officer to be found. If you have more than one officer with the…
- Patch 1.2.1.10 is live. - 21 February 2018
Patch 1.2.1.10 This patch added some enhancements to the Officers DLC. There is now a GUI Icon over each discovered star system on the star map that lets you know if, you have a chance to find a heavily damaged ship, already found one, or must clear all hostiles before one will show up. Adjusted how officers decide to leave. Now only unassigned officers will leave, and it will always be the officer with the lowest loyalty. Each cycle (about 250 TU's), the game will check how many unassigned officers you have. If you have less than 10 unassigned officers, then none will leave. If you have 10 or more, then at least one will leave, and it can be as high as 4 depending of how many you have. The maximum number of total officers is still 100, but once you reach 100, then one will automatically leave making room for an additional officer to be found. If you have more than one officer with the…
- Version 1-2-1-07 Release Notes - 31 January 2018
This patch contains the following fixes or enhancements: Rogue Officers DLC received an additional profession type, Logistics Officer. Here are the 6 perks for the logistics officer: Cargo Master: Increases fleet capacity by 50, 100, 150 or 200. Requires Cargo Ship. Rapid Repair: Repair drones repair an additional 4, 8, 12, 16 armor. Requires Cargo Ship. Transporter Expertise: Transporters transport an additional 3, 6, 9 ,12 crew to friendly or enemy ship. Requires Transport Ship. Shield Specialist: Shields created by this ship can absorb 1 additional hit and last 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds longer. Requires Transport Ship. Time Keeper: There is a 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% that your planet lander will only use 1 Time unit to descend to a planet instead of 2 and no time to do additional jumps once down there instead of 1. Can be assigned to any Ship. Lander Expander: Increases planet lander capacity by…
- Version 1-2-1-07 Release Notes - 31 January 2018
This patch contains the following fixes or enhancements: Rogue Officers DLC received an additional profession type, Logistics Officer. Here are the 6 perks for the logistics officer: Cargo Master: Increases fleet capacity by 50, 100, 150 or 200. Requires Cargo Ship. Rapid Repair: Repair drones repair an additional 4, 8, 12, 16 armor. Requires Cargo Ship. Transporter Expertise: Transporters transport an additional 3, 6, 9 ,12 crew to friendly or enemy ship. Requires Transport Ship. Shield Specialist: Shields created by this ship can absorb 1 additional hit and last 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds longer. Requires Transport Ship. Time Keeper: There is a 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% that your planet lander will only use 1 Time unit to descend to a planet instead of 2 and no time to do additional jumps once down there instead of 1. Can be assigned to any Ship. Lander Expander: Increases planet lander capacity by…
- Patch 1.2.1.05 - 14 January 2018
Patch 1.2.1.05 went live earlier today. This patch was strickly an update on the in-game tutorial. This was done to keep this version in line with the Demo version which was release today as well. The demo has the following restrictions: Game ends when the star date reaches 2492.000 instead of 2500.000. The final score is not saved into the players top 10 high scores. Rogue Officers DLC is disabled. Cave Editor is disabled. Achievements and achievement tracking is disabled.
- Patch 1.2.1.05 - 14 January 2018
Patch 1.2.1.05 went live earlier today. This patch was strickly an update on the in-game tutorial. This was done to keep this version in line with the Demo version which was release today as well. The demo has the following restrictions: Game ends when the star date reaches 2492.000 instead of 2500.000. The final score is not saved into the players top 10 high scores. Rogue Officers DLC is disabled. Cave Editor is disabled. Achievements and achievement tracking is disabled.
- New Patch and Cave Contest!!! - 5 January 2018
Version 1-2-1-4 Release Notes, January 4, 2018 This patch contains the following fixes or enhancements: Added V-Sync Toggle using F11. Added Alternate Sync Toggle using F12. Moved the Fullscreen toggle to F10 to be in the same Function Key group with the other graphics shortcuts. Game starts with V-Sync and Alternate Sync enabled, which should work for most users. Moved the Quick Save to 'Q' or F1, was 'Q' or F2. In preparation for the next DLC (Rift Riders), this build gives players access to the cave editor. Just follow the instructions that are on the main menu screen. This will allow players to create the caves for the game and submit them to us. The editor also allows the player to test their caves from all the solid planet types. To help inspire players to create these caves we are having a Cave Contest. We are looking for at least 50-100 caves to use. The top 6 players who submit…
- New Patch and Cave Contest!!! - 5 January 2018
Version 1-2-1-4 Release Notes, January 4, 2018 This patch contains the following fixes or enhancements: Added V-Sync Toggle using F11. Added Alternate Sync Toggle using F12. Moved the Fullscreen toggle to F10 to be in the same Function Key group with the other graphics shortcuts. Game starts with V-Sync and Alternate Sync enabled, which should work for most users. Moved the Quick Save to 'Q' or F1, was 'Q' or F2. In preparation for the next DLC (Rift Riders), this build gives players access to the cave editor. Just follow the instructions that are on the main menu screen. This will allow players to create the caves for the game and submit them to us. The editor also allows the player to test their caves from all the solid planet types. To help inspire players to create these caves we are having a Cave Contest. We are looking for at least 50-100 caves to use. The top 6 players who submit…
- Patch Notes Version 1.2.1.01 is here! - 22 November 2017
This patch introduces the new Rogue Officers DLC. This DLC is part of the game and there is no need to download anything. You will just need to enable the DLC prior to starting a new game. Here are the features of the new DLC content. Players can now assign an officer to each and every ship in their fleet. There are 6 professions of officers and 4 ranks. The officer professions are combat, communication, engineering, medical, navigation and science. Each profession has 6 unique perks. About 2/3 of the perks affect only the ship they are assigned too, while the rest can affect your shuttle craft, planet lander or even your stats. The race of the officers for a game are taken from the races in the game except for the main enemy or space pirates. This can come into play as assigning an officer of the same race as the ship will allow the officer to gain 50% more xp. You will never get an of…
- Patch Notes Version 1.2.1.01 is here! - 22 November 2017
This patch introduces the new Rogue Officers DLC. This DLC is part of the game and there is no need to download anything. You will just need to enable the DLC prior to starting a new game. Here are the features of the new DLC content. Players can now assign an officer to each and every ship in their fleet. There are 6 professions of officers and 4 ranks. The officer professions are combat, communication, engineering, medical, navigation and science. Each profession has 6 unique perks. About 2/3 of the perks affect only the ship they are assigned too, while the rest can affect your shuttle craft, planet lander or even your stats. The race of the officers for a game are taken from the races in the game except for the main enemy or space pirates. This can come into play as assigning an officer of the same race as the ship will allow the officer to gain 50% more xp. You will never get an of…
- Patch Notes for patch Version 1.1.2.05 - 10 October 2017
Patch if finally here! What started out as a quick patch to fix a couple of issues turned out to be a fairly large content update. The big headliner is the ability to sort the device and bay modules with various criteria while on the edit fleet screen. Here are the details: Fixed the bug where the players smart bomb would not go to the next turret when the previous turret was destroyed. Added shield icons for both the enemy and the players ships when you mouse over them. This now displays a small shield icon with a timer showing how much time the shield has. This was done for the fighter squads and missile barrages too. But at this time missile barrages don’t launch with a shield like the fighter squads do. This will be part of the new Rogue Officers DLC. Also added shields to the ships in the players and enemy’s ships list so the player could easily tell which ships still have a shield…
- Patch Notes for patch Version 1.1.2.05 - 10 October 2017
Patch if finally here! What started out as a quick patch to fix a couple of issues turned out to be a fairly large content update. The big headliner is the ability to sort the device and bay modules with various criteria while on the edit fleet screen. Here are the details: Fixed the bug where the players smart bomb would not go to the next turret when the previous turret was destroyed. Added shield icons for both the enemy and the players ships when you mouse over them. This now displays a small shield icon with a timer showing how much time the shield has. This was done for the fighter squads and missile barrages too. But at this time missile barrages don’t launch with a shield like the fighter squads do. This will be part of the new Rogue Officers DLC. Also added shields to the ships in the players and enemy’s ships list so the player could easily tell which ships still have a shield…
- Patch Update 1.1.2.03 now live - 5 September 2017
This patch fixed two bugs that were reported yesterday. Fixed a bug in the tutorial where it would get stuck when the player would equip the Vaporizer Bomb II to the Battle Cruiser. Fixed a bug that would crash the game if a player would attempt to pickup a life form with the planet lander when the planet landers cargo was full. Player now gets the appropriate Invalid Action sound, and the life form will not get picked up as the cargo is full.
- Patch Update 1.1.2.03 now live - 5 September 2017
This patch fixed two bugs that were reported yesterday. Fixed a bug in the tutorial where it would get stuck when the player would equip the Vaporizer Bomb II to the Battle Cruiser. Fixed a bug that would crash the game if a player would attempt to pickup a life form with the planet lander when the planet landers cargo was full. Player now gets the appropriate Invalid Action sound, and the life form will not get picked up as the cargo is full.
- Patch 1.1.2.02 is now live. - 5 September 2017
Patch 1.1.2.02 is now life. It fixes several crashes that occured when capturing a ship during a battle or assigning a weapon enhancer device module to a ship. There were also several other minor issues that were fixed. There are two known issues that will be in the next patch update which should be in the next 24-48 hours. First issue is with capturing a bio life form while exploring a planet if it puts you over your fleet cargo space. It was just reported and will be in the next patch update which should be within 24 hours. The second issue is with a smart bomb not continuing to the next target when firing at a turret and the turret is destroyed. That too should be fixed in the next patch update.
